Crickets!

[Mentat]

...There's also the matter of feeding the crickets. I know there's the basic gut load, which I already have since my roomie has a monitor lizard so I have access to what he uses for his crickets there. He also said that he likes the gel stuff, which he picked up a canister of today at Repticon. I think his was just a basic hydrating gel, but Petco had different kinds of that stuff, too. They're Fluker's brand, and they have a yellowish gel that's got extra Calcium in it, or something called "Orange Cube," which has extra vitamins and kind of looks like gooey sweet potato chunks, lol. So firstly, are those specialty gels even worth messing with? Secondly, if the crickets were to eat this "extra fortified" gel stuff diet, would that mean I shouldn't dust/spray them with the external supplements?...

Agree with Colleen/Jerrod recommendations. Gut load crickets with veggies (carrots and lettuce) and cereals (oats and cherios) . Can use the plain gel for their water source; but myself would stay away from those orange gel cubes, they can barely keep the crickets alive .

[GrifTheGreat]

Oh and I forgot your Beta Carotene question. You definitely want your multivitamin to contain Beta Carotene. They convert Beta Carotene into Vitamin A so that you don't overdose the frog with that particular vitamin. Vitamin A is easily overdosed on and can be deadly if done so. Frogs use Vitamin A to produce the sticky Mucus that coats their tongue and the Mucus layer they protect their skin with.